Like the last time, I got accused again, and now I wary of how I look, do I really look like I could commit a crime? Do I paint my reputation of burning everything I see? I only did it once, and he deserved that. For hiding the truth and for dropping it at the wrong time, for not feeling any remorse and flirting with other girls while I watched my mom get lowered to the ground, for being a bastard and trying to strangle me. All of that. All of those wrongdoings and even if he tried to be nice and let it slide by not trying to kill me any further or not giving false gossip to the people. I still hate him. "Yes." I got back from reverie when Andrea responded, agreeing to me, but as much as I'd like for her to feel the same way, it's just not. I just got back home from the police station and have a conversation with Andrea, talking about the sudden burning of the school and how Hayley fainted when she heard Arnold also died. I put the empty glass of water on the table and filled it
There's nothing more hurtful than thinking no one sided with you and your friend whom you think wouldn't do something terrible would do something terrible. She may be in a hard time right now because no one's believing in her. I ran to the stairs to my room and locked the door.I fished my phone in my pocket and hit her with a text. It's almost midnight, and the sky's clear and dark and seemed too far away. I knew that there would always be a chance to save Hayley, and that chance was now because if I didn’t fight with her, what kind of friends are we? Sure thing we don't hang out as much as most friends do, but she's been thoughtful and cheerful and treated me as a friend in school. I tried to be as silent as possible on opening the balcony's window, I'm trying to sneak out but I don't want them to think I sneak out I want them to think that I've been up in my room crying because they hurt my feelings. Maybe I want them to feel remorse. When the wind rushed through me, I inhale
"Here, a bottled water, tissue, and some medicine." I faced Tyler with my after-I-puke-I-want-to-die face because seriously, I can feel the throbbing on my head now and my temperature rising up. It's a cold weather but I feel hot all over. I got some tissue and accepted his offer. "How did you know?" "Eh, you don't mean I shouldn't know now, do you?" I glowered at him for his nonchalant reply, I was able to stand straight, and he gave me a paper bag to put my used tissues on. It's nice of him doing it, but his cool reply made me want to take my words back. Tyler stared at me and patted me on the head, which got me startled, but I felt his hand on my head, so I was able to relax after a second. "Don't worry, I expected you to be sick. After all, you've been worried as hell, and you don't take care of your body." I averted my gaze to the surroundings, in disguised of finding a trash bin because I feel shy. I know this was already late, but I feel like a blooming pretty flower on to
What's wrong with people being selfish and mean? Can't they just be nice to each other? What kind of upbringing did they acquire? I used to be mean too and selfish, but I learned the hard way that there's nothing I'll gain there. I won't meet real friends, have bonded with wolves, and then find myself. I won't be going to move on. I'm still going to be stuck on that moment where everything tastes bitter, and I feel like crying all the time. But with the thought of my other friend being dead, I contemplate that thought of mine. It's still unknown whether Hayley was at fault for the fire, but everyone's blaming her, though, everyone except me. Arnold killed Hayley, started the fire, and started to rebel. He's an ugly murderer. He should rot in hell! "Harriet! You're sick! Where are you going?"I stopped in my tracks when Tyler called me. We're at the back part of Hayley's residence, and a bu
"Harriet. We've been waiting for you." Those are the words I heard when I arrived at Tyler's house. I chose to leave Hayley's residence when her relatives came, but mostly because I found out there was no way to give justice for her when her killer died. It was Aether who spoke those words, and the others were also waiting for me in the kitchen. His long beard was even frizzier than before, I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't get myself to. "We're sorry Harriet, we couldn't come fetched you when Tyler called, we have a lot in our hands that time..." Blake apologized and pulled me a chair. I just nodded and sat. It's not my idea anyway, and it's my fault in the first place. I snuck out, hoping to see Hayley and sort things out, but it ended up with I didn't see her, I only saw her blood splattered around her bedroom. It's my fault that I didn't see this coming. "So, why are you here?" I said after sensing everyone gazing at me. Aether tapped the table with his fingers twice and
Neneuis and the others took care of me. My fever didn't leave me for 2 weeks, though, so I'm sure it's been a hard time for them. "Everyone's worried about you," Andrea stated the obvious and was standing on the foot of my bed, arms crossed, and acting a bit jealous.She keeps on shaking her leg for no apparent reason. "I know, I'm trying to get better," I said, although I wanted to sleep this afternoon, I tried to stay awake as this was the only time Andrea was around and it was the only time we could see each other before she goes to school. She stopped shaking her leg and glowered at me. "Is this what you're trying to do? Get better? Then why don't you get better? You took everybody's attention!" I may have assumed the right thing when Andrea came to visit me, she saw Nene and others worrying about me and nursing me back to health, while when she got sick I remember having Mom and me only on her side. His dad's busy with work, and Ashton has to study. Now that I'm getting a lo
I fiddled with the necklace on my neck and watched from far away. I gaze at nothing in particular, but it gave me the freedom to think more. It's warm and soft, the kind where a marshmallow was on the fire for a few minutes. I'm still surprised by the wolf saving me. It feels like when my heartbeat quickens, it'll come out. I wonder if that is what will happen to other emotions. But Tyler said it was just when I'm in a dangerous situation, I guess the wolf could feel the difference. "Hey, I heard you're doing fine now." I turned to Neneuis, who joined me on the balcony. A couple of days have passed since I recovered, and I never saw Andrea since our talk by then, I tried calling her, but she's being stubborn , and I started believing she blocked my number. What's wrong with having friends who aren't human? Sure, I am human, but no rules said that I can't be friends with non-humans, and even if it has, I'll still be friends to wh
"Harriet! It's time to go!" It's the first time I would go out without any supervision of someone older than me, Tyler, Blake, and Aether left first thing in the morning today to do some 'business' as Blake liked to call it. Because Andrea left me when I was sick, I would be alone in the two houses, but the timing's perfect, Neneuis invited me to go to their home. So Tyler gave in and let me go with them, this late afternoon would be our departure, and Nene said we're riding the train. "It's still early Nene, help us first pack our clothes," Lea said, I'm with her, I'm in the middle of still packing my things and Lea lend me a helping hand. "It's crazy how we need to give Tyler reasons just to let Harriet come with us," Lea commented, folding the purple shirt, that I don't like wearing because it has a hole design just above the chest area. "You said it right! I wonder what's the real deal between you two? Are you in a relationship with him?" Neneuis inquired, looking at her fac
Ahhh…I should just choose to stay in the town where I was raised, in the house of my father, and watched Priti grow, I want to say to everyone that I’m honored to have her as a sister. I should just forget about the wolves and didn’t force to see the ending, who was my real parents, and why Artha steal me from my birth mother. I shouldn’t stay curious, I should just stay silent and uphold my peace. Then, I wouldn’t have to witness a fire, and blood spilled in the air, if only I didn’t get angry and pursued revenge on my father, I wouldn’t have had to meet the legendary wolf. Maybe that’s his reason all along. He wanted me to stay by his side until he found my birth mother. He had to lie about his love story and keep secrets from me, and on the paper, I saw his name signed aside from the blank that I needed to sign. It just meant that he now let me become his neighbor. That was ironic. The house burned down, and I almost lived in his mansion for how long, it’s a pity that it was b
Just like any other movie or story – it must end. The bad guy finally sprouted like a mushroom, I conversed with him, he plotted murder, and he was so ugly. Because of my coercion, he took me on his journey, with the help of others of course, Lea was pushing my wheelchair while Azi and Neneuis were on my side, and Blake and Tyler lead the way. “It’s not like I’m doing this for you. That idiot brother of Tyler killed someone close to me too.” Neneuis made clear while they were walking to enter the forest, I’m wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life, so Lea just wheeled me. “You’re pertaining to Lukas, right?” I replied, confident that she was talking about him because there’s only him, right?Neneuis smirked. “Not entirely, I’m doing this for myself also,” she said, then walked past us. Her outfit was back to the emo girl that I first met, she was wearing a black square-neck sleeveless blouse tucked in a brown wrap-around skirt and a black belt hugging her legs, because of her sh
They knew… I returned to the room acting so scared and so cold, I fear for my future all of a sudden. They need to have a valuable reason why they didn’t tell me about my mother or else… Or else I’ll be seriously mad. I came back to bed with so many thoughts in my head and a heavy heart. It’s not that I don’t know they’ve been hiding secrets, I know, it’s not like a person can live without hiding secrets from anyone, I believed we have three faces, and that also comes with secrets, we have private secrets, secrets we only knew, like for example in our body, I have three moles in my back, and I can be naughty at home, and be friendly and shy at school. There were secrets we could not tell everyone, that’s just part of life and I respect that. But I didn’t know the secrets they hold were deeper than a well on a hot spring. I didn’t know it held the truth in me. They know who my birth parents were. I’m anticipating to know, yet I also don’t want to know. My other problem, on Phi
I was blind. I knew there was something behind his force smile, and his gestures, and all. But who am I not to pull on security when I don’t know what to believe. Am I going to trust him or his brother? Who’s telling the truth? Of course, the rational sense to believe on someone was with Tyler, I should’ve believed in him and maybe the night won’t end so bland, I enjoyed the longest time with him, and I’m happy and at peace compared to his brother who I just met, he said he lurks in the shadows and have a creepy conversation with me at one moment, it sure gives me a warning sign and I almost believed in him. But who am I to believe Tyler was the one killing my friends? He clearly denied it and I wanted to believe him so bad but I couldn’t agree with him at that night, there’s a voice saying I should not, obviously part of that was the last words of Lukas. “Harriet, whatever his brother said to you, believe him.” What kind of sentence was that? Why does it have a double meaning
I tried to asked him what he meant but he closes his eyes and I froze, that’s it? I leaned down to his chest but I didn’t feel a heartbeat, I wiped the tears from the back of my hand, I’m not disappointed, I just realized that this was more painful than learning your mother had died. In this, I witnessed him catch his last breath, he told me his last word, I was with him just a moment ago, why did it have to happen like this? Then I remember, the headlights that focused on us, my tears-stricken face turned around, the smoke and mist lights up from the headlights, dusts and particles made me realize that it was cold and it was night, no one’s supposed to be roaming around, but me, and the one who killed Lukas. I narrowed my eyes and focused onto the man who was on the car, like me, he was also frozen on his seat, I stood up and step forward, trying to recognize who was he. The road ends up at the beginning of the alleyway, it was a dead end here, if he did not purposedly drive on
My unexpected visit to my stepfather ended. The sky was getting dark when we reached outside. Now for the problem… “We don’t have a place to stay.” I sighed, feeling the warmth the air has blown opposite us. “We can go our separate ways and find a place,” Lukas suggested. I stared at him long enough to think that I’m positive he wouldn’t get killed, because Tyler’s brother was wrong, Lukas lost his memories, and Tyler wouldn’t kill someone with the same breed as his. No one’s getting killed, why am I so convinced and calm at the fact that Tyler was killing my friends? No one’s getting killed, I repeated. Tyler’s brother was wrong. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. “Okay,” I agreed to what Lukas suggested, so he flew away while I watched his back disappear, I was about to walk on to the opposite direction too, but someone called my name again. My father has three footsteps now, but that made him more of a slow-walker—sign of aging. “Harriet, I forgot to give you this,” my stepfa
The man has a wooden crane with a gold head of an eagle that speaks of how he became rich after he banished all his children. Was this really what it’s like to be a grown-up? You’re just suddenly tired from all the drama because it seems that it only repeats; it’s a life cycle, after the happiness, comes sadness, then happiness again then sadness, over and over, until you’re worn out until you question everything if it’s worth it until you couldn’t care less if someone leaves or dies. Life’s becoming dreadful for me, but to the man in front of me, it was the opposite, I can say that he doesn’t miss his children one bit. I’m not jealous of Priti and Genevieve. As much as I don’t like it, he married her and has a baby. Priti deserves the thing that we, his children, didn’t taste. At least give Priti a father that won’t leave when the mother dies, give her all that you can, and never lie to her. “Hey, you looked pale.” Lukas nudged me,
My plan was after Lukas and I left the place of the wolves and came back to the town where I really belong was to hunt down for a place to stay. But I’m with someone who has lost his memory, and the gazes of people as they passed by us irks me. It was still fresh on them, that I lost my mom and rebel and came to the woods and I met the legendary wolf. I was fiddling with the online cash I had with my phone when Lukas tugged the hem of my sleeves. “Let’s eat something.” I stared at Lukas. It was on cue that his stomach grumbled, so I gave in. I fished my wallet and was about to head to a café, but then I remembered, they’re the type of wolves that eat fresh meat. “What? Why? Aren’t we eating?” “Yes,” I faced the direction of the supermarket instead, “let’s go buy some fresh meat,” I declared and started walking, but the guy with me didn’t even take a step. “I’m okay with just waffles, what you eat.” But the guilt in me resided, I turned to face him again and remembered that h
“Harriet, we’re sorry we’ve done something bad to you.” It was late in the afternoon, and we have just returned from the psychiatric hospital, I was about to swerve and go to Joshua’s place when I reached the house of Neneuis and others, his house was just behind them but Azi and Lea showed up in the front porch and approached me. I was with Joshua all day, so I turned to him with utmost confusion. He just shrugged and motioned Blake and Tyler to emerge from the door. “Harriet, are you okay?” Blake sounded so worried, he was in his guy form, I guess his feeling guilty because earlier, at dawn, when I met him with his second form – Tiffany, she was so elegant like she just went to a party with the elites, turned out it was true, I learned that because her tongue slipped when she saw me with Joshua at breakfast, she was with Tyler, and they attend a charity ball along with other businessmen, and she tagged along as his date. I’m not mad or jealous, in fact, I’m relieved that the gir